Pelts (2006)

the audience applauded

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

A film, which tries to cover complete lack of at least decent plot with plenty of gore, so extremely disgusting that it will turn your stomach inside out. But apart from explicit butchery and leading actress, who is almost completely naked almost all the time, this movie has nothing to offer. Stupid, even within the genre which by default does not rely on a quality of a story. Lack of good story could be easily forgiven to a horror flick, but this one also lack any tension, suspension, fright or good acting. It has nothing but tons of blood.5/10

so I'll give it a "5" although maybe I should have divvied up kill as not half but 1/5th of the "content" .... component-wise/dimensionally speaking . . .really the story is so idiotic "so many amazing pelts you can have whatever your heart desires!" we are supposed to imagine that one fur coat will set someone up for life and then some, I guess? how is it possible to imagine such a thing?! the acting was flat out whore-endous! not a decent performance or anything close in the whole she-bang... especially Mr. loaf, who was just pathetic. it's not unusual for foreign language directors to do a terrible job directing films in English from the point of view of the acting. it's harder for them to sense what isn't working, big time in this case! but the kills were all quite surprising and disgusting and... the sole interesting aspect of the story as told. and I guess I give this movie some points for not involving a lot of mental cruelty. I get so tired of the teasing that killers/monsters and other bad guys in film these days have such a predisposition towards... the kills were definitely sources of any of what Roland barthes would call "jouissance" that this movie provides!! you will certainly have to laugh and look away or else you are one sickly kitty!

Dario Argento might not be entirely at the top of the proverbial 'game' with his one-hour 2nd offering to Masters of Horror- Pelts- but it is certainly an original work, with a slightly original spin, and featuring some meaty acting work (no pun intended). While at one hour there isn't much time for Argento to work out some of his usual extended suspense sequences, he does give in delightfully, and pretty savagely, to pure gore and terror with that in tow. His story to work with isn't exactly new- an object that people come into contact with turns them into bloodthirsty walking nightmares that rip off their own skin, kill others, kill themselves, and sometimes sew their eyes shut. But the idea of the pelts puts a certain supernatural twist to things that's needed with the themes of greed and lust and unrepentant Jake (Meat Load Aday), who embodies both of these in the most piggish ways.But also credit is due, however in brief measure, to John Saxon as the trapper who first comes into contact with the pelts off of those cute, horrific monster raccoons by that cackling old woman's shack. In a sense it should be so obvious to see what will happen in the story- primarily between Meatloaf and the stripper who won't have none of him without that lovely coat he's making for her- but the power of the scenes where violence springs out of the subconscious, out of the curse, Argento makes things work so well that you can't imagine anyone else handling the material. This goes without saying he doesn't have the right platform (TV instead of film), and his musical collaborator is no Goblin by any stretch. This being said, at least compared to other Masters of Horror episodes (save for Carpenter and Miike), it's a cut above the rest. As Argento said, "it's a strange story." Strangeness, it would seem, fits him well, along with a few limbs and skin and buckets of blood.

I loved Jenifer, it was an eerie, sexual, bloody affair that was one of the best of the first season. Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera, Deep Red, Tenebrae) makes another brilliant entry into the series. Packed with vicious gore, lesbians, a bunch of great actors and an incredibly eerie score Pelts is my favourite of the second season.Jake (Meat Loaf) is a sleazy fur trader who is desperate to succeed. He meets a stripper, Shana (Ellen Ewusie), who he desperately wants. He promises her the coat of her dreams, and fame as well. Unfortunately he the pelts he obtains (from farmer John Saxon) are cursed and what follows is a trail of death and revenge.This episode proves that Dario Argento is probably THE Master of Horror. He consistently makes provocative, in-your-face and horrifying movies and MOH episodes. The gore in this comes in bucket-loads and is always graphic and disgusting, the acting is quite good from all (especially Saxon) and the story moves along quite well. While watching this I sensed an underlying message about animals used for fur and if that is what he was going for he definitely achieved it.If there is a third season I hope they ask Argento back to horrify us once again! 5/5